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toft

toft noun: a hillock.

Noun

toft (plural tofts)

  1. A hillock.
  2. A homestead, especially one on a hill.
    • Rendering therefore annually to me and my heirs one halfpenny on the day of the nativity of St. John the Baptist for all suits services and demands and I the said Alice and my heirs the aforesaid toft and land with all their appurtenances as is before named to the said William and his heirs[…].1840, George Poulson, The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness, volume 1, page 479
    • Wynnemerus Preston lately held 2 cottages wasted of which the tofts are worth 2d. net yearly and another cottage wasted of which the toft is worth 6d. net yearly.2003, C. S. Knighton (editor), Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery): Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume VIII: 1422—1485, page 73
  3. A messuage with right of common.

Proper noun capitalized: Toft

Toft

  1. A surname.
  2. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3656).
  3. A small village and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7576).
  4. A village in Toft with (or cum) Lound and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0617).
  5. A hamlet in Dunchurch parish, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4770).
  6. A hamlet and ferry port (Booth of Toft) on Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4376).

toft meaning in Tamil

toft in Tamil

பண்ணை மனை, பண்ணைமனை

Forms of toft

pluraltofts

Origin of toft

From Old Norse toft, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Words formed from toft

Words that rhyme with toft

Questions about toft

What does toft mean?
Toft means a hillock.
What is toft in Tamil?
Toft in Tamil is பண்ணை மனை, பண்ணைமனை. See Toft meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is toft?
Toft can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of toft?
The plural of toft is tofts.

Words near toft in the dictionary

  1. toforehand
  2. toforetime
  3. TofR
  4. tofrush
  5. TOFs
  6. toft
  7. toft and croft
  8. Tofte
  9. Toftes
  10. toftman
  11. toftmen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toft (page history and authors); Toft (page history and authors); toft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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